A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts of the Greeks and Romans Together with an Account of Coins, Weights, and Measures, with Tabular Values of the Same

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Strona 240 The intelligence of this misfortune greatly agitated Augustus. He let his beard and
hair grow, and often cried out, as if in the deepest sorrow, “Oh Varus, give me
back my legions !” Meanwhile the Germans were held in check by Tiberius.
During ...

Strona 747 To rare personal attractions Livia added the charms of a cultivated intellect; and
when it was again safe for her husband and herself to return to Rome, she soon
drew upon her the notice of Augustus, who demanded her from her husband.

Strona 947 One day, when Augustus, in his capacity of censor, according to ancient custom,
made the whole body of Roman knights pass before him in review, he presented
our poet with a beautiful steed. (Tristia, 2, 89.) The gift was accounted a peculiar ...

Strona 948 But it is not probable that Augustus would have punished such an offence so
severely, or that it would have affected him so deeply. Livia, at the time of Ovid's
banishment, had reached the age of sixty-four, and was doubtless the only
person in ...

Strona 1338 He was the son of a father of the same name, of the ancient Claudian family, and
of Livia Drusilla, afterward the celebrated wife of Augustus. Rapidly raised to
authority by the influence of his mother, he displayed no inconsiderable ability in
an ...

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A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts of the Greeks and Romans Together with an Account of Coins ...